Seventeen renditions of songs from the global sensation for kids and families, Disney's "High School Musical 2," performed in multiple languages by recording artists from around the world, will be presented Friday, January 18 during a special programming event on Disney Channel. The music videos have been airing on each country's local Disney Channel.

The day-long event begins with a 16-episode marathon of Disney's "Hannah Montana" (12:00 noon-8:00 p.m., ET/PT), and leads into a telecast of the smash hit "High School Musical 2" (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET/PT). Miley Cyrus, star of "Hannah Montana," is also seen in a cameo role during the final sequence of "High School Musical 2."

Throughout "High School Musical 2" (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET/PT), highlights and star interviews from the movie's European red-carpet premiere event will be featured.

"High School Musical 2" has been seen by more than 179 million Total Viewers around the world and its soundtrack, which to date has shipped 6.5 million units globally, was the #2 selling album of 2007 in the U.S. For 2007 "Hannah Montana" was, for the second consecutive year, TV's #1 scripted series among Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14. "Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus" CD was the #6 selling album of the year.

In other HSM news, it was just confirmed the six original stars of HSM and HSM 2 have officially signed on for the third installment of the series.

Local language versions of "High School Musical 2" songs to be featured throughout Friday are:

"What Time Is It?" by:
Argentina's Fabiola and Delfina Pena

"You are the Music in Me" by:
Argentina's Valeria Gastaldi and Dani Martins
Brazil's Thiago Fragoso and Ituana Ciribelli
Italy's Pquadro
Japan's Nami Tamaki
Mexico's Roger Gonzalez and Paulina Holguin
Norway's Julia Geitvik and Lars Berteig Andersen
Spain's MOTA
Turkey's Keremcem

"I Don't Dance" by:
Portugal's Expensive Soul and Bianca

"Gotta Go My Own Way" by:
France's Laam
Mexico's Paulina Holguin
The Philippines' Nikki Gil

"Bet on It" by:
Taiwan's Show Lo (Mandarin version for Southeast Asia and Taiwan)

"Every Day" by:
Hong Kong's Justin Lo and Kary Ng (Cantonese version)

"All for One" by:
India's top composers Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy with ensemble artists
Spain's MOTA

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